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Speaker 1: Join now by a tight end that Matt Taylor. You

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Speaker 1: know it and I know it that people are talking

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Speaker 1: around the NFL, especially Colts fans. A young talent seventy

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Speaker 1: third overall in last year's draft, Jolannie Woods. Welcome. Nice

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Speaker 1: job on.

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Speaker 2: Your first year.

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Speaker 1: Obviously there were some ups and downs, quarterbacks coming in,

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Speaker 1: head coaches going out, et cetera. But overall, your first

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Speaker 1: year a successful time. And I'm going to specifically talk

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Speaker 1: about two of your biggest games, but overall, you played

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Speaker 1: a lot of football in the last year and a half,

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Speaker 1: two years coming out of college. How have you been

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Speaker 1: and how was the first year for you in the NFL.

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Speaker 3: I just want to say, hey, how you doing? But honestly,

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Speaker 3: it's been good man. Just finally a kind of being

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Speaker 3: able to relax a little bit and then starting to

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Speaker 3: get back into training and then being able to roll

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Speaker 3: in the building in the past two or three weeks.

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Speaker 3: It's just been awesome, and it's been, you know, heavenly

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Speaker 3: man back. You know, at first, I was like, yeah,

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Speaker 3: I might need this break, but then since i've been back,

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Speaker 3: I've been pretty excited, you know, looking forward to the

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Speaker 3: new year.

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Speaker 1: And you're itching I can tell right now he's Itch

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Speaker 1: and he's happy to be back, happy to be out

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Speaker 1: on the practice field like your teammates doing this voluntary miniicap.

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Speaker 3: Definitely, you know, being with the new staff, you know,

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Speaker 3: But it's been awesome, man, Joint.

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Speaker 1: I just want to ask you real quick, because I

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Speaker 1: looked at your career in the NFL up to this point,

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Speaker 1: which one do you like more? Do you like Kansas

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Speaker 1: City game to two receptions two touchdowns or do you

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Speaker 1: like the Pittsburgh game where you went crazy? But I

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Speaker 1: think it was nine receptions, eight receptions for nine almost

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Speaker 1: one hundred yards in that one. So I mean you're

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Speaker 1: talking about a rookie tight end, Matt, and that was

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Speaker 1: a hell of a two games. Out of the seventeen

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Speaker 1: games that Jolanie was in.

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Speaker 3: I was definitely I would probably pick the Stillers game

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Speaker 3: just because of the moment that was outside of the game,

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Speaker 3: you know, being Monday night and being on national television.

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Speaker 3: I was able to you know, produce a product and

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Speaker 3: that was you know worthwhile for me. And then my

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Speaker 3: whole family was there too, so that was probably my

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Speaker 3: my biggest you know game.

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Speaker 4: I was going along with what Jeffrey was talking about.

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Speaker 4: How much more comfortable do you feel coming back into

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Speaker 4: the building for the start of your sophomore season, just

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Speaker 4: in terms of the feeling you have not as a

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Speaker 4: stepping into the building for the first time. Just how

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Speaker 4: much more at ease do you feel now that you're

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Speaker 4: taking that big jump from a first year guy to

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Speaker 4: a second year guy veteran status wise.

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Speaker 2: Oh, it's one hundred percent.

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Speaker 3: This is a big difference, Like now, since I know

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Speaker 3: pretty much everything that's going on, and I know, you

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Speaker 3: know just the defenses, I know offenses. I know pretty

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Speaker 3: much the offense, and it's just like you know, it's

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Speaker 3: a it's just like a whole one age now. So

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Speaker 3: now I feel one hundred percent comfortable. I feel their

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Speaker 2: Now during the off season, all right.

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Speaker 4: How did you spend your off season like those winter

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Speaker 4: and how much did you need some time off after

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Speaker 4: your long rookie season.

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Speaker 3: Oh, I would say for me, since I'm a big guy.

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Speaker 3: I kind of needed a good amount of time off.

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Speaker 3: I've been putting my body in the stress a lot

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Speaker 2: So, uh, it did.

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Speaker 3: I went to back to a home in Atlanta for

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Speaker 3: the first like two or three weeks to probably like

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Speaker 3: And then you know, I think I was there for

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Speaker 1: That's Jolanie Woods Colts tight End. And you come back

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Speaker 1: here and you're introduced to your new head coach, you're

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Speaker 1: introduced to your new offensive coordinator and Jim Bob Couter.

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Speaker 1: If you could tell us about some of the meetings

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Speaker 3: It's it's the means are It's intense because very very

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Speaker 3: very detailed, and he knows exactly what he wants and

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Speaker 3: we hit everything to a t is pretty awesome honestly,

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Speaker 3: because you know, it just makes you a better player.

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Speaker 3: You're learning every day, just the minute stuff that you do.

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Speaker 3: He's able to point it out, like you turn your

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Speaker 3: for him to put on tape and stuff like that,

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Speaker 3: so you know, on the day to day basis, that's

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Speaker 3: kind of what you've been going through with coach Shane

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Speaker 3: and coach Bob, just the offense stuff. Learning from him

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Speaker 3: and even my position coach coach Tom Manning. He knows

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Speaker 2: It has been awesome.

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Speaker 4: One final question about last year in your rookie season.

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Speaker 4: Stuff like last year happens. It was an abnormal season

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Speaker 4: for the Colts, but that's life in the NFL. Unfortunately

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Speaker 4: for you as your rookie season, your first taste of

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Speaker 4: All these different quarterbacks on a week to week ba

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Speaker 4: he says, how did that most affect you as you

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Speaker 4: try to get your feet wet and get indoctrinated into

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Speaker 3: Uh, You know, a lot of teams and a lot

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Speaker 3: of people always tell you, you know it's going to

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Speaker 3: be you know, everything's a business in the NFL, and

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Speaker 3: it's gonna be a lot of adversity.

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Speaker 4: So just try to and you saw that early, yes, and.

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Speaker 3: Just try to pretty much hone in on something you

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Speaker 1: Drew Ogletree, coming back this year after injury guy, you

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Speaker 1: mo Aley Cox. What's this room?

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Speaker 2: Look like to you this year, room is awesome.

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Speaker 3: Honestly, like I said, it's so much experienced now since

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Speaker 3: we you know, kind of got a Jew's gonna when

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Speaker 3: he just has to physically do it. And then you know,

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Speaker 3: Mo just a vet We learned, still learning from him,

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Speaker 3: he helps us with everything and what Coach Tom Manning expects,

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Speaker 3: he you know, gets us it like y'all you need

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Speaker 2: Just a big brother honestly. So yeah, that's just kind

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Speaker 4: How close did you guys get last year, both rookies,

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Speaker 4: both young titands? How close did you guys get that bond?

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Speaker 4: And then for you how how tough was it to

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Speaker 3: Honestly, it was we got really close. Of course, you know,

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Speaker 2: Was really close.

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Speaker 3: And then seeing him get hurt it was kind of

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Speaker 4: I mean, those those first couple of weeks, I mean

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Speaker 4: the locker room look at him coming back? Is that

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Speaker 4: like an extra draft pick this year considering he just

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Speaker 3: Really honestly, yeah, it's just like you know that he

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Speaker 1: Honestly, we people are talking about you, Julani as far

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Speaker 1: are talking about a couple of the big games we

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Speaker 1: talked about earlier, Casey and Pittsburgh. But what do you think?

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Speaker 1: What's a cap on you? Do you think as far

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Speaker 1: as we talked about it, and it's not a joking matter,

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Speaker 1: the mismatch is a real thing with this cat because

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Speaker 1: your size, your agility, your speed, especially in the red zone,

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Speaker 1: what it is? What do you expect out of yourself

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Speaker 1: this sophomore year?

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Speaker 2: I definitely expect big things.

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Speaker 3: I feel like this year should be another step forward,

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Speaker 3: a big step forward. And I feel like as long

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Speaker 3: as I keep doing what I'm doing, keep trying to

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Speaker 2: Get better every day. It should be very exciting.

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Speaker 1: Well, your nose is in that playbook. I know that game.

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Speaker 1: You're different from last year. Coordinate, I understand that. But

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Speaker 1: do you ever have time yourself or with your crew

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Speaker 1: that's around you, you know, team Jolannie Woods to look

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Speaker 1: at other tight ends in the NFL, al successful tight

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Speaker 3: Most definitely like Darren Walling, even though he's not exactly

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Speaker 3: Definitely, that's like advantage Jelani definitely, because they don't know

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Speaker 4: I like what you said there, make them scared, all right,

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Speaker 4: here's one I look this up. Okay, last year, Jalanni

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Speaker 3: Everything is pretty much exactly the same. Now when I

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Speaker 3: Just had this side work. Honestly, this side work was

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Speaker 2: With you if I could.

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Speaker 1: Tough year for you personally moving through what happened last year,

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Speaker 1: Well whatever it takes. Keep much blessings to you and

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Speaker 1: the families. Definitely, everything like that. I just got one

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Speaker 1: These guys are and I remind you watch Joelani Woods

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Speaker 5: You I'm definitely saying, well, they probably need to get

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Speaker 1: What did I say?

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Speaker 3: The hard that actually might be good, the hard, tough competition.

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Speaker 3: And I could have played college and I'll be telling

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Speaker 2: I know you told us. I just told his quarterback,

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Speaker 2: because you know it was just that chose what chose quarterback?

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Speaker 2: That's right? Do you miss playing quarterback? I'll say, Titan

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Speaker 2: more fun. End is way more fun.

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Speaker 1: You don't need to confirm it, Tony. Are you the

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Speaker 2: For this team? Were you yes or no?

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Speaker 4: Silence says it all.

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Speaker 2: That's right. That was great man the time and stuff

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Speaker 1: And I know we we joke around a lot about that,

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Speaker 1: You're a special athlete.

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Speaker 4: And really it's a special guy too.

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Speaker 2: For the special guy.

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Speaker 1: Coming through what you did and everything and uh, persevering

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Speaker 3: Look at you now, Oh, definitely congrats man, definitely thank you.